The courts decide if it’s criminal not the betting companies. They can only flag irregular results to the police.So gambling companies get to decide what we can and cannot say and the penalty is criminal rather than civil?
And youre okay with this?
And the law has provisions for the conduct a reasonable person would expect from someone in an official capacity.
Like it or not sports betting is a huge industry and every bet takes place in a market. $100 on Sam Powell Pepper to get 3 votes ain’t breaking the bank and shouldn’t be triggering huge losses for whoever bet on Wines or someone similar. But you can’t allow just a little bit of corruption by an official with the Brownlow, otherwise do you draw the line at match fixing?
None of that means there doesn’t need to be about 1000 times more regulation imposed on the bookies, especially when it comes to their advertising and targeting of youth and problem gamblers.